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Ron Green
December 31st, 2002, 07:29 AM
And, it's just $25,000 for the 3.88x5 back.
Optional body (Sinar M) also available to use Nikkor lenses.

(News Release) The Swiss manufacturer Sinar, who has been a worldwide leaderin the manufacture of professional camera systems for more than50 years, has produced an exclusive world record in cooperationwith Kodak: The very first digital camera with a resolution of 22.2 million pixels! With a resolution of 22.2 million pixels and an active imaging surface of 38.8 x 50 mm, the new Sinarback 54 from Sinar produces photographs with a quality that corresponds that of a 9 x 12 cm (approximately 3 1/2 x 4 3/4 inches) color transparencies (large format photography). The sensor for the new digital back was developed in cooperation with Kodak and will be available exclusively on Sinar digital cameras for at least one entire year. The best possible photographic results are achieved by means of active thermo-electric cooling of the sensor, so that practically no image noise is generated and photographs with a color depth of 48 bits are produced (65000 gray steps per color channel). The professional Sinar digital camera has been available since last October and it is already being used by leading advertising- and fashion photographers. The price amounts to approximately 26,900 Euro, which only a year ago was the price of a professional camera with a resolution of only 6 million pixels. Additional information is available on our website www.sinarcameras.com. SINAR AG Stadtweg 24 CH-8245 Feuerthalen

www.sinarcameras.com

Topngu
December 31st, 2002, 05:04 PM
I saw an advertise from Fuji...Luma back ...shot with Mamiya RZ
Hass... 4X5 format?...is Sinar in this category....for less than
$15.000 US....look it in...What is the bigest CCD size...???
2x2.or smaller or bigger...do you know?
Any one know actual size CCD for S2?

Can you shoot with big Digital camera on location...without dragging
your G...5 or Pentium 5...at location?

memobug
December 31st, 2002, 07:45 PM
S2's CCD is about the same size as an APS film negative. It sounds like the new Sinar product described above is just a bit smaller than a 6x4.5 neg. The new sensor is 5x4cm, not 5x4inches, so it seems ideal for a medium format body.

When Kodak releases a back, they makes it compatible with Contax, Mamiya and Hasselblad. When Sinar introduces a new back we get this one year exclusive???

Interesting marketing strategy!

Regards,

Matt